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Published: February 22nd 2011
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Mantanita beach.
Didn;t get into the water yet. Note: there are 2 pages of fotos. Click them to see detail Big, Big day Sonia took me on a trip (1 to 1.5 hours drive) to Montañita.
Montañita was exciting, colorful, fun, tranquil,full of mochileros (backpackers, neg. term I think), druggies, serious students, surfers, etc. Dilapidated buildings are restored or torn down make way for new Hostals (small hotels in Ecuador are Hostals), restaurants, shops etc.
The place is full during the week, on the weekends it gets completely out of hand apparently, as does it every evening where people here are serious partiers who dont stop until between 3 and 5 in the morning. Luckily my Cabañas (little cabins pronouce the ñ as nya) are a couple of blocks from the heart of the town. There is a street called coctail street, with little many booths selling shots or hard liquor and cocktails all along the way. The website has fotos etc here:
I wandered up the hill to the school and was immediately sold on their program.
ON the way home we were to drop off some green bananas for a friend of Sonia's. In the market you get maybe 5 or so Mantanita Colorful Everywhere
So much charm. Construction is everywhere. The sky-scape changes monthly apparently. But no towers. for $1.50 (US$ in Ecuador), so she grabbed a bunch (bit different from a bunch in Vancouver) for $3 on the roadside in a small town we were driving though. They are cooked and go with crab.
We got to the home (in Salinas) I thought we were going into a fancy apartment/townhouse type complex. It wasn't, it was David,s (from Boston, great Boston Accent) home and his young 2nd family David Junior and Angie. They treat me so well it was like we were old friends very quickly. Everyone there was so nice. Even Pepe, an older gentleman who was kind of gruff, but a very nice and welcoming fellow. They certainly broke the stereo-type of the conservative Ecuadorian. They were far from conservative.
All in all it was an amazing day of my trip to South America, there have been many special days.
To answer some Q's from eric and cousin Jim and Dwayne:
1. Would someone have fun with no Spanish? For me it is really important to know as much Spanish as possible. But that being said People do have fun without it. I think more so if they are lucky enough to
Click foto 2C Mantanita Eccentric
As yet it has not drawn a lot of criminals, I suspect, like Jaco Beach, Costa Rica it will be huge with more crime. run into people who speak a bit of English. There are gringos living here who speak almost no Spanish.
2. All 3 of you guys are very outgoing (more than me) I am susupect you would do well with only a little
Spanish. A smile is probably more important than a Spanish sentence.
3. Dwayne: how to decide where to go? I just wanted out of the city (Medellin) for awhile. I suspected the Ecuador coast was more diversified than the Colombian coast. Ecuador famous for surfing and Spanish schools. A new country to me to experience. Dating here doesn't seem so easy as Colombia. Much less available females. And to sum up: Some days are better than others. I don't know how much is good luck and or bad luck.
And I have to post a message from My friend Edgar in Medellin and his novia Margarita. The message sounds so nice in Spanish.
February 22nd 2011 SALUDO "EDGAR"
HOLA WILLIAM, RECIBE UN CORDIAL SALUDO MIO Y DE MARGARITA. ESPERO DISFRUTES DE TU VIAJE POR ECUADOR, TENEMOS GRATOS RECUERDOS DE LOS MOMENTOS COMPARTIDOS Y TE DESEAMOS SUERTE. HASTA QUE REGRESES. EDGAR.
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